Rail anchor



so i' lowing detailed description of one'approved Patented 16,1926.

.UNITED ISTAT-EAS.

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CHARLES r. Yanmar, orf LARcHMoNnNnwYoRi/i.,

` .BAIL Aia-onori.

Animation mea Mar h 23,.1925, seriai. 17,577'.v 'y 4 ABe it known thatl, C11-Armas F.,YAR`DLEY,

:t citizen of the United States, residing at Larclnnont, in'the county of Westchester ical of manufacture fand requiring a comparatively, small amount of' material, fof` great strength .and rail-gripping tenacity,

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having a iargetie-engaging area, an one which 1s easily applied to the rail, andeasrly removed 'therefrom when necessary. A

.lt-'s one of the ohjectsof my invention to provide a new and improvedl form andar-4 rangement of parts in an anchofr` formed. from a single piece of metalzof substantially uniform cross-section and vsubstantially rigid, although capableof a limited springi action, by whichthe above named` advaik. tages may be attained.

The operationof the' device,` .and the nu merous objects and advantages ofthe inventionwill be better'understood from'` the folform of rail`anchor embodying the princi- In the accompanying drawings;

' Fig. 1is-an elevation of thev rail anchor inapplied position, the positions of. the anchor kat two different stages in the process of applying same to the .rai-.l being indicated Fig. 2 is a pian View pliedpositim.I Fig. 3 is a perspective view, on a smaller' scale, of the anchor detached. At 1 is indicated a standardrail, having a rail ,basecomprising side angesZand 3, the rail being' secured 'to'tie 4, .with a tie plateL interposed'between the rail and the ties. v

The rail anchor is formed of a slngle piece of metal, of substantially uniform cross' scc= tion from 'end to end thereof, this cross section being .substantially 'square as. here shown. The 'main body portion 5' of the anchor is normallystraight, and one short end portion 6I is bent sharply upwardly and inwardly to form a short wedgefshapedor ofthe anchorl api Vlshaped'l angle V 7'with-the.bodyA portion 5, the larger open end ofthis angle being only "slightlygreaterl than the thickness of the' outer edge portion of- Hangs 2 of' the rail 0.0A base. -At its o pp'o'site end thc'anchor is bent npwardlyand inwardly at an angle 'slightlyless than a right angle, to form a rather long f E I arm 8, wh'clris provided nearlits'inner upper edgewitlialiotch or recess 9 adapted to 65 engage over and gripthe 4uppefrandy lower edges o f the base'flange'f. The distance,` Ybetween vthe rail gripping portidns of notch 7 and notch 9 i's normally less than the'width ,of the railbase, and thetlistance between the. 'I0- open endof'notch 7 andthe bender angle'10` where the base of arm 8 joins with' the body y portion 5 of the anchor,is substantially equal to orjslightly'sgreater.than the7width of therail base. w f It` will be noted thatftheanchorconsists of a- V-shaped metal member, having one' flong larm and one short arm, with aralflange-engaging notch near the innerfex? tremityof'each arm. j l. -80. In, applying theanclior tothe rail, the 8 is first hooked. abolitton'e flange ofthe'` rail, andV with 'the edge of this 'ange" asal pivotal 'axis the-portion 'ti-ofthe anchoris swung. up until the notchpat 'the inner en d 8.5 thereof Ican be hooked about the opposite, 'rail flange. Then with `this latterrail edge as a pivotal axisthe anchor isI now swung V down "until the notch at the free' extremity i of the arm 8' isengaged with the first Inen- 9o" tionedrail flange. Thus it will be seen that Atlieproc'ess of applyingthe ,anchor involves .two vertical' swinging `operations,first up .wardly with one rail-fiange as a pivot, and then' downwardlywith the .opposite rail- .95

flange as a pivot.

"Describing this operation more iii-detail,

the angle or shoulder 10 at the base'of arm. 8, is first applied to rail base flange 3, and

the anchor is then swung about this flange.v 3 '100 as a pivot, whereby the inneredge 1 1 of in'- turnedend 6 willjust clear the lower edge o'f the 'opposite'` rail base flange 2. This po sition of 'the anchor is indicated by they dotted lines a in Fig. 1 of the drawing. As 105 the anchor isswung further up, edge 1-1.of the in'turned end t(iwill clear the upperfedgc .of rail base flangci, Athis position of thel ,anchor being .indicatedby dotted vlines b in Fig. 1. The 'anchor is now forced into posi- 11i) tionl by driving the wedge shaped notch .7 onto`-ange 2 by striking the' sharply bent` f Cil end portion 12 tof the anchor with a spike niaul at the point A, and by driving the ari'n S downwardlyby means of a spike niaul ap plied at the upper end of arm 8, 4as at B. The anchor will. spring sulticiently to allow the notch 9 to be sprung into engagement with the rail base ange 3. It will be seen from Figs. 1 and 2, that nearly all of one side face of-body portion 5, aswell as the greater, part of one side of arm 8, will bear against the side of the tie, thus giving a very large tie-engaging area in proportion to the size oiC the rail anchor.

Although this rail anchor when applied will maintain `a very tenacious grip upon the rail, it may be easily removed therefrom by blows of the spike maul appliedto the upper end of arm 8, as at C, Fig. l.

Although this anchor is very rugged strong, and of comparatively large cross section, it is of suoli simple construction that very little material is neededq and the anchor may be easily and quickly formed in a die .by a ewsiinple operations. The two simple bends Vof the anchor are of large cross sec- `tion, and are not sprung to any considerable extent when applied to the rail, so that the strength and the elasticity of the anchor are notvseriously taxed.

I claim: i i

l. A ail anchor formed of a single `bar of spring metal, with one end bent back to form a notch forl engaging the upper and lower edges of one flange of the rail-base with spring pressure, and the other end bent to forni an upwardly extending arm having a rail base engaging recess near its upper end. Y,

2. A rail anchor formed of a single bar of spring metal, having a substantially straight body portion adapted to engage a tie, one short end bent sharply hack to form a V-notch adapted to engage the upper and lower edges ot one rail base flange, and one long end bent up to form an arm having a rail base engaging recess near its upper end.

8. A rail anchor formed of a single bar of spring metal comprising a substantially straight body portion adapted to engage the lower edge of one rail-base flange near one end, and having an inwardly and upwardly bent end-portion adapted to engage the upper edge of this rail-base iange, the opposite end of the body portion being bent upwardlyto foi-in an arm having a rail base engaging recess near its upper end.

fl. A rail anchor formed of a single bar of spring ire/1l comprising a substantially straight body poi-tion adapted to engage the lower edge oi ene rail-base llaiige near one end, and having an inwardly and 'upwardly bent end-portion adapted to engage the upand' per edgeof this rail-base lange,th'oppo site end of the body portion being bent upwardly to form an arm having a. rail base engaging recess near its upper end, the distance between the rail base engaging portions being normally less than the width'of o' the rail-base.

5. A rail anchor formed of a singl'ebar of spring metal comprising a substantially straight body portion having a rail-base engaging notch at one end adapted to be dis-' torted to grip the upper and lower edges of one 'flange of said base, and an upwardly extending arm at the other end provided with a rail base-engaging notch.

G. A rail anchor formed of a single bar `ot springinetal comprising a substantiallystraight body portion having 'a rail-base engaging notch at one end for ripping the upper and lower edges-of one flange ofV said base, and an upwardly extending arm at the other endprovided with a rail base-*engaging notch, the distance between the rail base engaging notches being normally less than the width 0f the rail-base.

7. A rail anchor formed of a single piece of spring metal, comprising a substantially straight body portion, having an upwardly extending arm at one end provided with a rail base engaging notch near its upper end, and an inwardly bent end portion .at the wedge-shaped notch the open end of which is slightly larger than the thickness of the rail-base edge.

8. A rail anchor formed of a single piece of spring metal, comprising a substantially straight body portion, having an upwardly extending arm at one end provided with a rail base engaging notch near its upper end, and an inwardly bent end portion at the other end forming with the body portion a wedgeshaped notchthe open end of which is slightly larger than the thickness of the rail-base edge, the distance between the open end of this notch and the base of thearin being substantially equal to the width of the railbase lange, and the distance between the two rail-base engaging notches being less than the width of the rail-base.

9. A rail anchor formed of a single metal member having a rail-flange enga 'in notch adjacent each of its ends for gripping the upper and lower edges of said rail'langes, the member being so proportioned that it may be applied to the rail by successive swinging movements, first about one rail fla-nge to engage one-notched end with the opposite rail flange, and then. about the engaged flange to engage the other notched end with the first mentioned flange.

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